Alfred Dogbé

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Alfred Dogbé (* 9. September 1962 in Niamey ; † 2 March 2012 in Lome ; real name: Odjo Dogbé Kossi ) was a Nigerien novelist and playwright .

Life

Alfred Dogbé, whose real name was Odjo Dogbé Kossi, graduated in 1988 with a master's degree in modern literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Humanities at Niamey University . From 1981 to 1997 he taught at several private and public secondary schools in the capital Niamey and in the interior of Niger.

In 1997, Dogbé received a working grant from the Center national du Livre in Paris as part of the Festival des Francophonies en Limousin in Limoges . He was also a lecturer in literary criticism at the Abdou Moumouni University in Niamey from 1997 to 1999. Another scholarship from the Commission Internationale du Théâtre Francophone and the French Embassy in Niger followed in 1999, this time for advanced training in dramatic writing and directing in Ottawa , Montreal , Moncton and Québec . Alfred Dogbé worked as a writer in Bamako in 2001 with a Beaumarchais grant from the French Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques . Further stays abroad followed in 2002 in Wallonia and Apt .

In addition to his work as a writer, Alfred Dogbé worked in the fields of cultural journalism and direction. He held writing workshops and founded the CLEF cultural center in Niamey. Dogbé was married and had six children. He died after a long illness.

Literary activity

Alfred Dogbé published in French . He has published several short stories and the tragic farce Les conquêtes du roi Zalbarou . He is considered a clairvoyant observer of current social and political issues. In his work he combined comical and serious elements.

Works

  • Monsieur l'inspecteur . Published in: Les Cauris veulent ta mort et huit autres nouvelles du Niger . Sépia, Saint-Maur 1995.
  • Bon voyage, Don Quixote . Lansman, Morlanwelz 1997.
  • Le blâme . Published in: Je suis vraiment de bonne foi . N'dzé, Libreville 2001.
  • Les conquêtes du roi Zalbarou . Lansman, Morlanwelz 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Section Dramatique: List des adhérents (DRA). (PDF) Bureau Nigérien du Droit d'Auteur (BNDA), accessed on August 21, 2019 (French).
  2. ^ Alfred Dogbé: Les conquêtes du roi Zalbarou . Lansman, Morlanwelz 2002, ISBN 2-87282-357-3 , p. 2.
  3. ↑ Niger Diaspora: Décès de Alfred Dogbé, écrivain et metteur en scène: la culture perd un de ses défenseurs. In: nigerdiaspora.net. March 11, 2012, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
  4. ^ Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias: Niger 2009 . Nouvelle édition de l'Université, Paris 2009, ISBN 2-7469-1640-1 , pp. 216 .
personal data
SURNAME Dogbé, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Odjo Dogbé, Kossi (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien novelist and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Niamey
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 2012
Place of death Lomé